The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-18
NORTH CAROLINA HORSES.

TIE FARMER has been rash enough to
publish have received so many com
pliments from such high sources that
their writer barely escapes becoming
pulled up in his own conceit. But the
fact is the c%onceit was knocked out of
him soon after he commenced. the
study of breeding by finding out how
little ne knew Of a subject with which
he regarded himself thoroughly family
lar. He must, being human, however,
confess that he is pleased and fattered
that his articles have been thought
worthy Of comment and approval by
the thoughtful Master Of Enderly and
the venerable editor of TTauace's
Monthly, the father of the science of
breeding the trotter. 4a &, s~,-4q..t
Having through the indulgence Of
the public and the partiality of his
friends, therefore, been led to hope
that his articles are not without some
value, the writer proposes now to
point out the standard bred horses
now owned and standing in, the State,
The first standardized horse
brought to North Carolina was Wood
burn. Hambletonian, owned by JAS.
Norwood, Esq, Of Hillsboro. His
sire was Belmont, who has begotten
Is horses with records Of $50 or bet
ter. In addition to this, 10 of Bell
mont's sons have begotten twenty-five
ESQ performers and six of his
daughters have produced seven $50
performers. The sire of Belmont was
Alexander's Abdallah, the sire Of
C~oldsmith's Maid. Alexander's Alb
dallah, in view of the persistency with
which his blood breeds on is generally
considered the best son of old Handle
tonian. The dam of Belmont was the
great old mare Belle, by Mambrino
Chief. In addition to Belmont, she
produced McCurdy's Hambletenian
and Bicara the dam Of the phenomenal
Pancoast, who sold at public auction
for $2S, 900. The dam of WOODBURY.
Hambletonian is another great brood
mare. She is a daughter Of old Ham
b~letonian and Venus by American
Star. She is the dam of Vatican,
record 2.29, and of Eventide, the dam
of Erin, record 2.27. This line of
breeding cannot be surpassed any
where. It will be noticed that Wood
burn is from a producing dam by a
producing sire-that his sire in turn
was from a producing sire and dam
and that in every line the blood has
shown that tendency to breed on
better and better in each succeeding
generation which is beyond comparison
valuable. He has the double cross
of Hambletonian backed by Mambrino
Chief and American Star.
None Of Woodburn's get have been
trained, but all of them the writerKas
seen are Of good size, have great bone
and sinew fine action and splendid
legs and feet.
Probably the next horseto come to
North Carolina was Melville Chief,
owned by William Bufns, ESQ.,, of
Haw river. This horse is a son of
Tattler, one of the horses to whom in
a former article reference was made as
one of the sons Of Pilot, jr., likely to
perpetuate in the male line the fame
of that king of the pacing tribes. The
dam of Tattler was Telltale by Tela.
mon, son of Modoc, son of American
Eclipse and the dam of Telltale was a
daughter of Modoc,l giving that mare
double infusion Of Messenger blood.
The dam of Chief was Lady Simple,
by Happy Medium, son of Hambleton-
ian and the great trotting mare Prin-
cess. Happy Medium is the sire of
thirty-two horses that have records
below $50, four have come into the
list this year and four of his sons and
three of his daughters have each pro
duced a $50 %trotter, the grand dam Of
Chief was by Ben Patchen, sire of
Alexander 2.l9 and grandson Of old
Geo. M. Patchen, the only horse whose
courage Flora Temple failed to break
down and his great grand-dam was by
old Abdallah, the sire Of Hambleton-
ian. Melville Chief is himself a horse
of great power of commanding pres
ence, and it is said of great speed.
The writer has not seen many of his
get, but he likes greatly those he has
seen and marvellous accounts are
given of the promise shown by one Of
them, a two-year-old, owned by that
clever gentleman and thorough horse
man Nose McCown, Esq, of Durham.
Mr.. Burns also owns agrandly bred
young stallion in Request, a son of